I just got this strainer, @davidwondrich.bsky.social. It’s by Gaskell & Chambers—founded in B’ Ham, England in the 1800s.
They manufactured all sorts of bar equipment & during WW2 they supported the war effort by manufacturing mine detectors, ammo boxes, etc.
Have you heard of the company before?
They manufactured all sorts of bar equipment & during WW2 they supported the war effort by manufacturing mine detectors, ammo boxes, etc.
Have you heard of the company before?
November 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I just got this strainer, @davidwondrich.bsky.social. It’s by Gaskell & Chambers—founded in B’ Ham, England in the 1800s.
They manufactured all sorts of bar equipment & during WW2 they supported the war effort by manufacturing mine detectors, ammo boxes, etc.
Have you heard of the company before?
They manufactured all sorts of bar equipment & during WW2 they supported the war effort by manufacturing mine detectors, ammo boxes, etc.
Have you heard of the company before?
we're getting everything from the interwar period back, i guess i should've expect fraternal clubs to come back too
November 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
we're getting everything from the interwar period back, i guess i should've expect fraternal clubs to come back too
My mother — a young Post Office telegraphist living in London through WW2 — seems, from her diaries, to have more or less lived there or in the Lyons Cornerhouse. So it’s a relic of a certain interwar/midcentury London & presumably valued by some people for that reason. Sentimentalised.
November 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My mother — a young Post Office telegraphist living in London through WW2 — seems, from her diaries, to have more or less lived there or in the Lyons Cornerhouse. So it’s a relic of a certain interwar/midcentury London & presumably valued by some people for that reason. Sentimentalised.
the specific era of WW1 and interwar firearms where all the furniture is wood, semi-auto rifles hadn't quite become standard, and machineguns look weird as hell
November 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
the specific era of WW1 and interwar firearms where all the furniture is wood, semi-auto rifles hadn't quite become standard, and machineguns look weird as hell
This is pretty common for the time, which isn't to excuse it but to say it makes sense historically. Margaret Sanger, obviously, comes to mind, but so does Marie Stopes. And a number of interwar French anarchists who supported "neo-Malthusianism" (birth control) also supported "voluntary" eugenics.
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
This is pretty common for the time, which isn't to excuse it but to say it makes sense historically. Margaret Sanger, obviously, comes to mind, but so does Marie Stopes. And a number of interwar French anarchists who supported "neo-Malthusianism" (birth control) also supported "voluntary" eugenics.
Although originally conceived in Europe, art deco came to define American interwar prosperity, optimism and luxury.
Art deco at 100: why the sleek design aesthetic of the ‘machine age’ endures
Although originally conceived in Europe, art deco came to define American interwar prosperity, optimism and luxury.
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November 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Clifford Rowe’s paintings reflect the spirit of realist art in Britain during the interwar years, portraying people at work and at leisure. 'The Fried Fish Shop,' (1936) draws on personal memory and social history, recalling a once cheap, filling meal for the working classes.
November 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Clifford Rowe’s paintings reflect the spirit of realist art in Britain during the interwar years, portraying people at work and at leisure. 'The Fried Fish Shop,' (1936) draws on personal memory and social history, recalling a once cheap, filling meal for the working classes.
There's an interwar biplane there.
a man wearing sunglasses with the words i doubt it written above him
ALT: a man wearing sunglasses with the words i doubt it written above him
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November 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
There's an interwar biplane there.
In my "America is reverse interwar Germany" theory, I think Epstein and Venezuela could be the genesis of a KPD-SPD split. Neocons go for a war with Venezuela under Trump, MAGA gets pissed off by this and pursues the Epstein stuff.
November 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In my "America is reverse interwar Germany" theory, I think Epstein and Venezuela could be the genesis of a KPD-SPD split. Neocons go for a war with Venezuela under Trump, MAGA gets pissed off by this and pursues the Epstein stuff.
in 100 years time leftists are going to talk about the labour party of today in the same way that people do about the interwar SPD and that's beautiful
November 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
in 100 years time leftists are going to talk about the labour party of today in the same way that people do about the interwar SPD and that's beautiful
For some reason I decided to read this article about the treatment of Jewish refugees during the interwar period en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_...
I imagine Shabana Mahmood would find it quite inspiring
I imagine Shabana Mahmood would find it quite inspiring
Jewish refugees from German-occupied Europe in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia
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November 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
For some reason I decided to read this article about the treatment of Jewish refugees during the interwar period en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_...
I imagine Shabana Mahmood would find it quite inspiring
I imagine Shabana Mahmood would find it quite inspiring
“Baker was famous during the interwar period for her role in La Revue Nègre and her scandalous ‘banana skirt’ dance at the Folies Bergères… Yet here she was, being honoured in the Panthéon alongside Voltaire and Victor Hugo.”
A spy in the Panthéon • Véronique Duché
Audacious African-American singer, dancer and actor Josephine Baker earned her place among France’s wartime greats
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November 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“Baker was famous during the interwar period for her role in La Revue Nègre and her scandalous ‘banana skirt’ dance at the Folies Bergères… Yet here she was, being honoured in the Panthéon alongside Voltaire and Victor Hugo.”
It was intermittently a predominant system in the 1870s to 1914 at the price of mounting market distortions. Attempts to reconstruct in the interwar era were a mess. Bretton woods in 1945-1971 is a more complex mechanism than just the gold standard
November 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
It was intermittently a predominant system in the 1870s to 1914 at the price of mounting market distortions. Attempts to reconstruct in the interwar era were a mess. Bretton woods in 1945-1971 is a more complex mechanism than just the gold standard
Great workshop day finished with a wonderful #book presentation on Panafricanism in interwar London and during #ww2. Thanks to @akhf-v.bsky.social for having us in Bern, Switzerland!
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Great workshop day finished with a wonderful #book presentation on Panafricanism in interwar London and during #ww2. Thanks to @akhf-v.bsky.social for having us in Bern, Switzerland!
Been procrastinating on this for like 4 months already
But im finally working on the Interwar Brazil for Ravenfield
Made the weird modification of CV 35, a brazilian soldier skin and some weapons
So yeah, Brazil
But im finally working on the Interwar Brazil for Ravenfield
Made the weird modification of CV 35, a brazilian soldier skin and some weapons
So yeah, Brazil
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Been procrastinating on this for like 4 months already
But im finally working on the Interwar Brazil for Ravenfield
Made the weird modification of CV 35, a brazilian soldier skin and some weapons
So yeah, Brazil
But im finally working on the Interwar Brazil for Ravenfield
Made the weird modification of CV 35, a brazilian soldier skin and some weapons
So yeah, Brazil
Very pleased to have contributed to the new Cambridge Handbook of the League of Nations and International Law.
In my chapter, I examine how the lawyer Manley O. Hudson operated as a networker between the League and American elites during the interwar period.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
In my chapter, I examine how the lawyer Manley O. Hudson operated as a networker between the League and American elites during the interwar period.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
The Cambridge Handbook of the League of Nations and International Law
Cambridge Core - Legal History - The Cambridge Handbook of the League of Nations and International Law
www.cambridge.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Very pleased to have contributed to the new Cambridge Handbook of the League of Nations and International Law.
In my chapter, I examine how the lawyer Manley O. Hudson operated as a networker between the League and American elites during the interwar period.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
In my chapter, I examine how the lawyer Manley O. Hudson operated as a networker between the League and American elites during the interwar period.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
“liberalism looked tired, the organized Left had been smashed and the sole struggles over ideology and governance were taking place within the Right-among authoritarians, traditional conservatives, technocrats and radical right-wing extremists”
Reading about the Interwar period is quite chilling …
Reading about the Interwar period is quite chilling …
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM
“liberalism looked tired, the organized Left had been smashed and the sole struggles over ideology and governance were taking place within the Right-among authoritarians, traditional conservatives, technocrats and radical right-wing extremists”
Reading about the Interwar period is quite chilling …
Reading about the Interwar period is quite chilling …
I’m with you, such a fascinating era along with the interwar years.
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I’m with you, such a fascinating era along with the interwar years.
To be fair, lockjaw became more prominent as the voice of the one percent after the war, but most of the transatlantic interwar doyennes I grew up around inspired as much as they spoke; rather little
When I hear Maria Bamford’s lockjawed woman voice I am 12 years old again sitting in a pew at church not quite understanding what’s happening
the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
To be fair, lockjaw became more prominent as the voice of the one percent after the war, but most of the transatlantic interwar doyennes I grew up around inspired as much as they spoke; rather little
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then I find his father, Solomon (Zalman) Manella's US naturalization... and he's born in Kielce.
As he should be.
Note 1: Toronto's Jewish population as of the interwar era was ... In a huge proportion, from Kielce province.
Note 2: I think Gur still has a branch of the Manela family
2/2
then I find his father, Solomon (Zalman) Manella's US naturalization... and he's born in Kielce.
As he should be.
Note 1: Toronto's Jewish population as of the interwar era was ... In a huge proportion, from Kielce province.
Note 2: I think Gur still has a branch of the Manela family
2/2
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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then I find his father, Solomon (Zalman) Manella's US naturalization... and he's born in Kielce.
As he should be.
Note 1: Toronto's Jewish population as of the interwar era was ... In a huge proportion, from Kielce province.
Note 2: I think Gur still has a branch of the Manela family
2/2
then I find his father, Solomon (Zalman) Manella's US naturalization... and he's born in Kielce.
As he should be.
Note 1: Toronto's Jewish population as of the interwar era was ... In a huge proportion, from Kielce province.
Note 2: I think Gur still has a branch of the Manela family
2/2
The last might just be me. I don't like interwar 'young things' who use infantile language and cigarette holders and live off their inherited stock portfolios. Whenever Peter Wimsey opens his mouth, I want Bunter to roll him in a carpet and drop him into the Thames.
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The last might just be me. I don't like interwar 'young things' who use infantile language and cigarette holders and live off their inherited stock portfolios. Whenever Peter Wimsey opens his mouth, I want Bunter to roll him in a carpet and drop him into the Thames.
CHAPER 5: 150 YEARS OF ILLUMINATION, LOST AND FOUND- Why don’t we study 15thc English illumination? Who DID notice this art, and why? Surprising answers take us from the cradle of modern design theory to interwar Chicago!
November 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
CHAPER 5: 150 YEARS OF ILLUMINATION, LOST AND FOUND- Why don’t we study 15thc English illumination? Who DID notice this art, and why? Surprising answers take us from the cradle of modern design theory to interwar Chicago!
The fact that 12,000 German Jews died for their country was constantly repeated by the community in the interwar era. Alas it did not work
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November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The fact that 12,000 German Jews died for their country was constantly repeated by the community in the interwar era. Alas it did not work
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No, interwar is close enough!
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
No, interwar is close enough!
I do think we over-fixate on 1945 as the start of modern history.
I get why nobody likes to talk about the interwar period (outside of Weimar Germany). It was a bleak time that led to some of the worst catastrophes in world history.
But the 1920s and 30s have much to teach us about modern society.
I get why nobody likes to talk about the interwar period (outside of Weimar Germany). It was a bleak time that led to some of the worst catastrophes in world history.
But the 1920s and 30s have much to teach us about modern society.
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I do think we over-fixate on 1945 as the start of modern history.
I get why nobody likes to talk about the interwar period (outside of Weimar Germany). It was a bleak time that led to some of the worst catastrophes in world history.
But the 1920s and 30s have much to teach us about modern society.
I get why nobody likes to talk about the interwar period (outside of Weimar Germany). It was a bleak time that led to some of the worst catastrophes in world history.
But the 1920s and 30s have much to teach us about modern society.